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Incredible design of Canon EF85mm F1.2 L II

Posted on January 16th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Photography.

Found this photo in my hard drive…so instead of just deleting it…I thought I should at least give it a chance to share to the world…

Yes, I took this photo quite some time ago.

You can click for very high resolution file (1500×1500 px)

Take note of the circuit/electronic contacts. It is located on the rear element itself. For F1.2 aperture, the lens element has to be very big, hence no space for the electronic contact except on the lens itself. Incredible design.

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我不是sumo san

Posted on January 14th, 2008 by foong.
Categories: Family.

很多人以为诺诺很胖. 我也担心她变成过胖儿了,所以常常观察她的体重和身高的发展,并讯问了诺诺医生. 结果是…..

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2008年的第一天

Posted on January 14th, 2008 by foong.
Categories: Family.

过完了2007年的最后一天,当然是要过2008年的第一天喽.(废话)

2008 年的第一个早晨,我们全家到教会参加新年崇拜.

1月1日,也是日本人的新年.

“新年Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu

今年mo dozo yoroshiku Onegai itashimasu”

意思是 恭喜新年到, 今年也请多多指教

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PhotoMalaysia @ New Straits Times

Posted on January 13th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Photography.

As informed by our forum member, silentshutter, we are proud that PhotoMalaysia has once made itself to the major newspaper, New Straits Times, New Sunday Times, on 13th January 2007 in Malaysia!

Scan/Photo by: azerak01

• http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/S…le/index2_html

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2007年的最后一天

Posted on January 13th, 2008 by foong.
Categories: Family.

2007 年的最后一天,我们一家三口临睡前来了个大合照. 那天我们以祷告结束了2007年,开始了2008年的第一刻.

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诺诺的第一个圣诞节

Posted on January 13th, 2008 by foong.
Categories: Family.

圣诞节是每个基督徒都应该重视的. 因为就连不懂得圣诞节意义的人都大事庆祝, 更何况是我们这些已蒙了救恩的基督徒呢?

圣诞节对你来说有什么意义呢? 去年的圣诞节你是如何渡过的呢? 圣诞节对我来说是 (more…)

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BlogMalaysia.com - Malaysia Bloggers Directory!

Posted on January 12th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Blog.

BlogMalaysia.com - Malaysia Bloggers Directory!

What’s the hottest thing on planet now?

Yeah…blogging…

A new phrase in the late of 20 century, so very popular now in the 21st century.

What is blog? It is more like a diary, a personal webspace to post one’s thought and sharing. Blog becomes so popular with the boom of internet and many free blog space given out by big companies (eg. Google).

For those who have their own domain, the most popular free blog management software out there is probably Wordpress. Yes, free but so feature rich! Yes, I am using Wordpress for my blog as well. It manages my blog nicely, and the new version has some simple but practical WYSIWYG features for me to type my blog entry sufficiently.

Now…back to the title of this post - BlogMalaysia.com!

I got this domain from Brian (founder of PhotoMalaysia.com) last year, after Brian decided to discontinue free blog offering and let the domain expired. The domain was registered by Brian in July 2004, and was expired on July 2007. Brian has to pay a little extra money to renew the expired domain after it expired (US$10 or US$15 penalty?) and renew with one year fee (US$8.99) to get back the domain, and later transfer it to me. For me to receive the domain at my registra, I have to add another year of subscription. Of course I paid all the suspenses. For me it is still very cheap to get a nice domain name. Quite impossible to register such domain name again nowadays, as most are already grabbed by others.

So, what am I going to do with the domain? My personal blog? Nah…I don’t want to use that domain name as my personal blog. I actually plan to make a Malaysia Blog Database or Directory, with as many Malaysians blog URL as possible. I found a nice software for the project, and found a nice template design for it…but not as perfect as I hoped. Modification and study structure of the software are a must, if you want your site to be unique and looks good, you need to pour in your effort.

I did a basic design for it few months ago…and try to gather as many bloggers info as possible to key into the database. But one thing I knew, I can’t survive like this. I don’t want to key in the info myself, I want bloggers to come and register their URL themselves at BlogMalaysia.com!

How? Honestly I have no idea. It is hard to promote a new site…very hard actually. Online forums will definitely not allow me to promote BlogMalaysia.com for free, and I do not have a budget for advertisement (maybe I shall find some budget for advertisement…).

Today, since I was quite free and have the mood (most importantly), I revisited BlogMalaysia.com and did some changes to the template design. Below are some of the improvements that I have done in the last couple of hours (yeah, learn something new too):

• Edited site preview with previews from new source (previous girafa preview is no longer available).
• Make site preview image clickable to the actual URL. I have wanted this feature since day 1, but don’t know how to do it. Today I manage to solve it out myself.
• Make Latest Links clickable to the actual URL. Was having problem previously with broken links.
• Added favicon.
• Added little “” mark to each line in the right sidebar. This makes the side bar easier to view and click.

I shall think of what to add next…if you have any suggestion, feel free to comment.

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诺诺的一天(上)

Posted on January 11th, 2008 by foong.
Categories: Family.

俗语说得好,早起的鸟儿有虫吃. 诺诺每天都早睡早起. 如果她妈妈有力陪她, 早上过得可有趣了,瞧我笑到口都合不来了.

你看, 望外面的天怎样都过瘾过望天花板吧? 来一个回头一笑百媚生.

诺诺的一天开始了. 时间是午前八九点吧. “我娘在给我煮粥.啊…幸福desu ne “

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PhotoMalaysia at Sinar Harian Newspaper

Posted on January 11th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Photography.

PhotoMalaysia 2008 Exhibition “WHAT NOW!” has been reported in a tabloid, SINAR HARIAN, on 10th January 2008.

Original news posted by PhotoMalaysia member, salimdom, at:

http://www.photomalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40356

(correction in the news: PH Chan (maxby) is the director of the exhibition project, but the founders of PhotoMalaysia are Brian and myself. )

High resolution picture can be read at:

http://shashinki.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/photomalaysia-sinarharian-highres.jpg

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Fujifilm F40FD firmware v1.10 update to SDHC memory card

Posted on January 9th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Photography.

If your Fujifilm F40FD can’t work with your SDHC 4GB memory card (or larger), you then need to update the firmware to the latest version v1.10.

Download at:

http://www.fujifilmusa.com/JSP/…

Please read the instruction in details. Connect to power socket when upgrading the firmware, fail in the middle will result your camera NOT USEABLE anymore!

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PhotoMalaysia Exhibition Launched!

Posted on January 9th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Photography.

Yes, it was launched tonight! No…I wasn’t there but I am as excited as everybody!

Here’s a photo took by one of our forum member (magic), which is also The Star photographer:

(Photo by Glenn Guan. Original photo posted at:
http://www.photomalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30546&page=10)

The exhibition has already been featured in Malaysia TV (RTM2 on “Hello On 2” program), and I heard NTV 7 will air the news about the exhibition as well.

Of course, not forgetting Malaysia largest English newspaper, The Star, will also publish the news about the exhibition in their StarMetro Central in a couple of days time.

I am really proud for the commitment and dedication PhotoMalaysia members have contributed to the exhibition.

Lastly, if you are interested in seeing the evening before the launch (preparation of the exhibition), go to:

http://www.photomalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40127

I saw Megumi photo there!

(can you spot where is Megumi? The same photo I have posted here before…)

(photo by sean eng)

Do drop by Central Market Kuala Lumpur if you happened to be in KL between now and 27th January 2008!

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03 January 2008

Posted on January 6th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Family.

My wife was very busy on 03 January 2008 since early morning.

In traditional Chinese culture, we eat “shou mian”, drumstick and red egg during birthday. Yes, my wife took the trouble to colour the eggs to red.

Then in the evening, my wife baked a birthday cake for me…

Early stage…

Icing dressing! Yes, must have icing else can’t call birthday cake…

Megumi also join “eye-sharing”. She touched the cake/icing actually “on purpose”.

Wordings…dedicated to…me lah…who else?!

See!

Finally, family photo!

Thank you, dear. Thank God for my lovely and caring wife, my dear megumi and my family back in Malaysia and my sister in UK. In Jesus name I thanked.

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Eh…forgot to mention…where is my birthday present? Yes, there is one. My wife asked me long ago…and I make it clear…yes, I want a Nikon D3.

Here come D3…made in Japan by my wife. One and only in the world…

(To ShaShinKi.com customer. Don’t worry, you will not receive the above D3 if you ordered one at ShaShinKi.com…I promised… )

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PhotoMalaysia 2008 Monthly Photo Competition Prizes

Posted on January 5th, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Photography.

Can’t afford a Canon Selphy printer?

Dream of a Canon EOS 40D + lens?

Here’s your chances (13 times)! Participate in PhotoMalaysia monthly photo competition and you can stand a chance to win the following prizes!

For more info, visit:

http://www.photomalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39937

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Google Adsense Experience…3 months later…

Posted on January 3rd, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.

I have restarted Google Adsense in September 2007 - this time for real and of course, with all honesty. Do not click on the ads yourself!

Site…

My main site that listed my Adsense content is PhotoMalaysia.com. I am the co-founder of PhotoMalaysia.com, so I have full control over it for the ads and daily operation of it. Of course, also because I now take the burden of funding the server rental cost, which hit over RM5k or US$1.5k a year.

Back to Adsense…I would like to share with you some of my experience of how I notice the increase in revenue after I make some changes to the placement and contents of my Adsense ads.

Miracle Skyhigh Profit? Dream on…

Initially, I have high expectation from Adsense. After hearing and reading lots of success stories with Adsense, I was hoping that PhotoMalaysia can generate high income for me after I put up Adsense there. I was wrong…at least initially.

Do not expect your members to click ads in your site if you do not place them strategically. Warning: DO NOT ASK OR PROMOTE OR INVITE YOUR MEMBERS TO CLICK ON THE ADS! THIS IS NOT RIGHT AND ILLEGAL AND WILL RESULT YOUR ACCOUNT BEING TERMINATED!

My Statistics

My revenue from Adsense in September (starts from 5th September 2007) is just US$15.78, with total 293 clicks and 235,263 page impressions. For me, this is quite disappointing since I was hoping to get hundreds of dollars from Adsense. So I did not work further with Adsense in October and November, since I thought Adsense did not help much…so I might as well try selling ads myself.

September 2007 revenue:

• Total earning (USD): US$15.78

October 2007 revenue:

• Total earning (USD): $28.82

Yeah, October is better than September by nearly double! But still…not much…

November 2007 revenue:

• Total Earning (USD): $25.05

Hmm…less than October…seems like it is going to be static at average US$2x.xx if I am not going to do anything.

Another reason for me to go back to Adsense is because selling ads yourself isn’t easy. I don’t get many advertisers myself…and my ads are selling at low price too. So, might as well try Adsense again…since many have successful story with it.

One thing I notice in Adsense report is Page Impressions. It tells you how many times the ads is being served at your site. Put it in simple way, the higher the impression, the more frequent the ads being shown at your site. The more frequent the ads being shown, the higher chance people will click on it. Also take note that while the total click for November is less than September, but I got higher revenue in November because I got higher page impression in November.

So, I come to a simple and short conclusion: I should put more ads in strategic locations in PhotoMalaysia.com.

More ads yes…but what about strategic locations?

Have you seen websites with lots of ads and are mainly driven by Adsense than the content of the websites themselves? Yes, there are many. As a visitor, I immediately got put off by those ads driven sites. I don’t want PhotoMalaysia to be like that. I don’t want to hit my members with lots of ads and making them angry or feel distracted. Ads should serve its purpose of attracting customers but not frustrating viewers.

Do remember that a forum is driven by members, not the otherwise. Your forum will not be forever hot and active if you pushed your members away.

With that in mind, I carefully choose locations for my ads. Of course, Adsense ads are pretty nice looking and doesn’t really make people vomit. The best thing I like about Adsense is how relevant the ads is to your website. No gambling or porn ads as well. Definitely good and suitable for my photography forum.

So, in December I have added some new Adsense ads toPhotoMalaysia.com. You can check out my ads location in PhotoMalaysia.com, must easier than having me describe each and everyone here. In general, for high hit pages, I put ads on top, bottom and sometimes middle (for those lengthy page). Frame up my ads so that they melt and look nice with the website.

So…how is my December revenue?

December 2007 revenue:

• Total Earning (USD): $37.61

Yeah, hit over US$3x.xx. Better than the previous few months.

Now, starting year 2008…I have added up some extra ads locations, mainly in the Photography section (Gallery) in PhotoMalaysia. We got quite a number of hit in Photography, so hopefully it will drive more members to Adsense.

Another note to Publisher. I notice that Image ads though is more attractive, but it can only serve ONE ads per time in that particular space. So, it is good to have multiple ads in some high hit pages with both image and text ads (I set my site to let Adsense determine it for me).

Final words…(temporary)

I must admit that I am still very new to Adsense. There are still lots of things for me to learn and find out, which can only be learn through experience. I will report and post my findings from time to time…sharing this most successful and largest ads campaign in the internet ever (period).

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PhotoMalaysia Exhibition 2008 - What Now? Malaysia After 50.

Posted on January 2nd, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Photography.

PhotoMalaysia will have its first ever exhibition in Central Market, Kuala Lumpur from 9th January 2008 to 27th January 2008!

Exhibition detail:

• Date: Jan 9 (Wed) - 27 (Sun) 2008
• Time: 11am - 7pm daily (closed on Mondays)
• Place:
  The Annexe Gallery
  2nd Floor, Central Market Annexe,
  Kuala Lumpur,
  Malaysia
  Tel: 03-2070 1137 or 03-2274 6542

The Opening receptions:

• Place: Central Market Annex (top floor)
• Date: 8th January 2008 (Tuesday)
• Time: 8pm

Public members especially photographers and PhotoMalaysia members are welcome to visit and participate in the opening ceremony!

You can find more info of the exhibition at:

http://www.photomalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39780

This exhibition is organised by:

• PhotoMalaysia
• The Annexe Central Market
  

Sponsored by:

• Canon Malaysia
• ShaShinKi.com

Yeah…ShaShinKi.com is one of the sponsor!

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Goodbye Netscape Navigator…

Posted on January 2nd, 2008 by KhoKing.
Categories: Computer / IT.

AOL has announced that it will stop providing support for Netscape Navigator browser after 1st February 2008. Last version of Netscape Navigator is v9

Once a rival to Microsoft IE and once the best internet browser and most user used browser…its day is to be remembered…hence I just have to post this in my blog.

Netscape has went through many changes, from a freeware to a paid software then back to freeware. I think the PAID stage is killing it off. Sueing Microsoft for monopoly…etc.

Most internet users are now using IE or FireFox. Personally I am using FireFox 99.9% of the time, occasionally I open up IE for some testings or plugin support. FireFox is a freeware, booming for its simplicity and great features and of course the speed.

Netscape last version will be v9, AOL has removed the download link but you can still download it from various other websites. Take note that SUPPORT will no longer be provided.

AOL / Netscape suggests turning to FireFox for replacement browser.

News of Netscape Navigator discontinued at:

http://blog.netscape.com/2007/12/28/end-of-support-for-netscape-web-browsers/

Download FireFox at:

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

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